[UTILITIES] Discussion on outages
'Tim May <tcmay@got.net> wrote in article
<tcmay-1605981209250001@santacruz-x2-37.got.net>...
> Conclusions:
>
> 1. Companies haven't even identified the fixes they need, though there
are
> already some signs of scrounging (reported here and to me in e-mail).
>
> 2. Even if they identified a need to replace X, Y, and Z devices, in
> various quantities, there is little chance the chip companies even
_could_
> make 10- or 20-year old designs in modern chip-making plants.
>
> 3. Or would want to, given limited resources (and their own Y2K
problems).
>
> 4. But assuming all of the above can be ignored, it will take at least a
> year and maybe two years to get these chips built.
>
> 5. It ain't gonna happen.
>
> --Tim May
Exactly, so what _might have been fixed by a simple part subsitution may
have be fixed by significant redesign to use current parts, all the more
reason why adhering to their silly outage schedules is absurd. We're big
boys, if they tell us we'll have some "service interruptions" from time to
time while they really "work the problem", we can handle that. But to just
let us run off the edge of the cliff is despicable.
Harlan
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Subject:
Re: Orphan Chips and the Y2K Problem
Date:
16 May 1998 17:50:28 EDT
From:
"Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com>
Organization:
Paperless
Newsgroups:
comp.software.year-2000, comp.sys.intel, sci.engr.semiconductors
References:
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